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By Emily A. Hay
BlogHer 2013 in Chicago: An amazing city to visit for a conference filled with like-minded women and a few men. With so much going on, it was challenging for anyone to stay focused and take the most useful and relevant info away from the conference. It was an exciting few days and an experience that benefitted me both professionally and personally.
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Update: 8/15 (received from Microsoft at 6:50 PM EST on August 14): From a spokesperson: “Outlook.com experienced an incident that caused some users not to be able to access their account or share their SkyDrive files. Microsoft has restored web access for all users but some people might still see issues with their mobile devices. The company is working to restore full mobile access as quickly as possible. For the latest information, we encourage users to visit the status page (https://status.live.com/).” I am still seeing Twitter reports from individuals who are still having problems accessing Outlook Thursday morning EST — and not just on mobile devices. A note on the Live status dashboard is now saying an update on what’s going on with mobile devices wll be coming at 9:00 AM EST on August 15. There’s no further word from Microsoft at this time. The lack of transparency and communication from Microsoft about this set of incidents has been puzzling, I have to say. …
Because a security update will never become available for XP after April 8, “Windows XP will essentially have a ‘zero day’ vulnerability forever,” Rains said.
How likely is this scenario, realistically? Between July 2012 and July 2013 Windows XP was an affected product in 45 Microsoft security bulletins, of which 30 also affected Windows 7 and Windows 8, Rains said.
Windows XP still had more than 37 percent desktop OS share as of June 2013, according to NetMarketshare.com. Despite that fact, Microsoft officials have said they have no plans to extend yet again the cut-off date for support for XP. …
Emily Hay, Social Media Expert and CEO of Hay There Social Media, shares her recent adventures with women entrepreneurs in Scotland and Chicago. Emily will also introduce a Detroit based start-up focused at helping teachers. Youth and Education in Michigan Tweetchat.
Dean and Sharma Krauskopf share the adventure of creating a full length movie here in Michigan using online resources. Sharma has written the screenplay for Keepers, the story of a lighthouse keeper on the shores of Lake Huron who faces extinction by oncoming technology. Dr. Dean Krauskopf is the host of WJR’s Garden Program heard just before the Internet Advisor on WJR.
Lisa Alberts, Director of Marketing, for Chalkfly, an online school & office supply retailer on a mission. Teachers annually spend $1.6 Billion out of pocket on supplies for their classroom. Chalkfly aims to be part of the solution by giving 5% of every purchase to teachers. Check out Ryan Newman’s NASCAR Chalkfly.com logo at MIS Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013.
Weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com, highlighting technology headlines from Michigan and around the world that …
Crossbar announced today a new kind of memory chip that can replace flash memory, one of the fundamental building blocks of digital electronics, in a number of of applications.
Dave Johnson, Editor eHow Tech talks about the many ways you can make sure that you never lose another photo and his recommendations for best organizing software.
Dave Johnson, eHow.com and Ed Rudel, Cal Carson and Foster Braun share their favorite apps/programs for organizing and editing photos. Dave and Ed will focus on Windows programs and Cal will tell us what Apple has to offer.
Weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com, highlighting technology headlines from Michigan and around the world that impact of our state’s growing high tech sector.
This week’s MiTechNews is brought to you through conjunction with the Engineering Society of Detroit, a proud promoter of Technology and Entrepreneurs in Michigan and Mophi, the unique, mobile battery pack for the iPhone.
From smartphones to tablets, the big box retailer is opening the floodgates on some excellent deals starting August 9. Whether you are in the market for an iPhone 5 or a Microsoft Surface Pro, Best Buy has a deal for you. Students in particular have some sweet deals waiting for them.
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With high-quality digital cameras on every smartphone and apps that make your pictures even better, just about anyone can be an accomplished photographer. Although you may not really be an accomplished photographer, but you can certainly upload your images to photo-sharing sites to get them out to the public and receive feedback to make your shots even better.
We are convinced that there are lots of small to medium sized computer repair shops who are NOT out to take your money by doing needless or shoddy repairs. You can prove us right by adding the name of a computer shop that you trust to this list. Just get in touch with us through the Contact button on the homepage and let us know who they are. BUT….make sure that you actually have used their services and can give a personal testimonial of the work they do. This is not a chance for companies to self-promote; and we will do our best to eliminate those as quickly as possible.
Dan (and Amber) have provided us,with expert help for both home and office computers for a number of years. Honest; totally customer-service-oriented; very affordable; kind —just some of the adjectives we would use. What’s not to like??? Highly recommend doing business with them. We are more than satisfied! – AND now in May, 2018, Dan does it again. #Microsoft gets
Justin Coffey, Technical Solutions Specialist with Apex Digital Solutions (Partner of the Year for Heartland District 2012) talk about Gary Baker’s switch to the Microsoft Surface Pro and the highlights of Windows 8.1 upgrade coming to the new Microsoft operating system.
With the help of our partners, we have put together a collection of articles, tips and trick to help
Kendall Petykiewicz , Intern, Enterprise Data Management & Analytics, Flagstar Bank will discuss the challenges of breaking into the world of IT.
Weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com, highlighting technology headlines from Michigan and around the world that impact of our state’s growing high tech sector.
This week we launch our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.
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